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Tanya, aged 31, of Smith Street, said: “In streets like this the winter conditions are really dangerous because they don’t get gritted.

“I started the petitions to call for the council to install grit bins at the top and bottom of the road. The pavement and roads were dangerous, cars could not get up the hill so people had to park at the bottom and then try and walk up.

Residents in Smith Street have started a petition calling for grit bins

“When I went to pick up my daughter from school I slipped over and she has fallen as well.

“More than 80 residents live on this road and we have elderly people at the top and the bottom of the street. They cannot go out when it’s that dangerous.

“It is not just Smith Street, there are roads all over the city that need grit bins and to be gritted in bad conditions.”

Residents say that a bin lorry was unable to get to the top of the street during the recent cold weather.

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Dan Jellyman, cabinet member for regeneration, transport and heritage at the city council, said: “The city’s network of main roads is treated as a priority so emergency services, public transport and the main bulk of traffic can keep running. Smaller residential roads are gritted only after and when resources allow and we return to places that have already been treated to put down fresh quantities.

“We openly encourage residents who have requests for a particular road to be gritted, or a grit bin to be refilled, to email the details to highways.client@stoke.gov.uk and our team will respond as quickly as possible.”